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Marking a significant milestone in the fast-approaching self-driving vehicles era, NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) yesterday demonstrated a comprehensive and highly manufacturable autonomous vehicles platform leveraging NXP’s new BlueBox engine, and deploying NXP silicon and software solutions at each ADAS node. The system demonstration incorporates the BlueBox central computing engine, together with radar, lidar, and vision sensing, as well as an onboard secure V2X system – all of which are powered by NXP silicon currently in volume production or sampling to customers now.

http://www.nxp.com/adas The number of people living in cities is expected to double by 2050, meaning congestion and pollution will increasingly be a problem for city dwellers. As a result the cities of the future will demand smarter traffic management solutions and more intelligent vehicles. This transformation is already well underway.The car as we know it is transforming from a simple mode of transport to a personalized mobile information hub – fully connected to the outside world.

NXP Semiconductors and Microsoft along with partners IAV, ESRI, Swiss Re and Cubic Telecom showcased their collective vision of safe and secure end-to-end mobility through a highly automated driving demonstration and experience on the streets of Las Vegas during CES. In order to handle the real life, real-time traffic conditions, the car had to overcome several challenges, including slowing down to avoid pedestrians, counting down to green lights and avoiding road construction. At the same time, the car navigated the city, made dinner reservations at nearby restaurants, enabled in-car purchases and even secured insurance for the passengers. The technology enabling all of this includes Microsoft's Azure cloud, Microsoft Cortana personal assistant and NXP’s automotive RoadLINK products for V2X.